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JACOB A, HANGER AND `GiEOIGlil vO. HANGER, OF OHUROHVILLE, VIRGINIA `Laim Para: No. 98,958, camz January 1s, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT 1N CHURNS The soheciulerreferred toin theseLetters Pateutand making part of the lame.

VGEORGE GL' HANGER, of Ohurchville,.in the county of Augustzaand State of Virginia, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Ohurns; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and" exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being'had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, iu Which- Figure 1 is a front elevation;

Figure 2, a side elevation; and

Figure 3 is a horizontal section, showing `the means of clamping the crank-handle.

This invention relates to a churn in which the dasher is operated by a roller attached near its upper end, at one side, said roller being made to play vertically in a sash or guide-way, under the action of a pitman, pivoted, at its upper end, to the centre of the roller, and at its lower end to one side of the centre of a balance-wheel, which, by its revolution, gives the pitman motion, said revolutionsY being caused by a shaft upon which the balance-wheel is atlixed, which shaft -runs through a block, and is operated hy gearing at the opposite side of the block from the balancewheel, such gearing being -a pinion on the end of the shaftprojecting from the block, and a cog-wheel connecting with said pinion.

The invention consists chiefly 4in making the said j cog-wheel that engages withl the .balance-wheel pinion, and which bears the crank by which the gearing is operated, adjustable, with reference to said pinion, so that said cog-wheel vmay be placed in a position to suit theiconvenience of thev operator.

In the drawings- A is the churn.

a, the dasher. i

a', the roller, aixed to the dasher at one side, near its top. i

'B, the vertical sash in which the roller' plays, said Y' sash being held in brackets projecting from the top of the block O, the latter being supported on a tripod, and forming the bearing for the shaft of the balancewheel D.

A pitman, d, pivoted at one end to a point at one side of the centre .of said balance-wheel, is jointed at its upperextremity to the centre of the roller af, and

communicates motiontothe latter, and through it to the dasher.

On the end of the balance-wheel shaft that projects from the opposite side ofgth blockt is a pinion, d'.

-A cog-wheel, e, gears with the pinion, said cog-wheel .tion found most convenient.

being affixed to the inner side of the but of the crankhandle e', and said wheel and handle both being loosely placed upon an arm, e", projecting from the outer end ofa plate, e, pivoted, at its inner end, upon the'baiance-wheel shaft. Hence, in order to vary the position of the crank-handle to suit the convenience of operators of different heights, or sitting, such handle `and wheel e may be rotated around the balance-Wheel shaft as a. centre. Y

VIt is necessary, however, to provide some rneans for fixing, for the time, the wheel and handle in the posi- To this end, I aiix to the side ofthe block b a vertical plate, c, having a semi-circular slot, c', in it, and a recess vwithin the plate into which said slot opens throughout its whole length.

A pin, c,.passes through the slot, said pin having a head on its end, to prevent its coming through the slot, and passing also through the plate e. The outer end of the pin is affixed to the eccentric but `h of the handle h. VThe head on the inner end of the pin-c" has an offset, so placed, that on turningtlie handle h crosswise of the curved slot, the offset clamps the pin in the recess within the plate c.

There are three ledges, i, on the outside of the plate c, at quadrant distances, top, middle, and bottom, eitherone of livhich may, by the foregoing process, be drawn into a recess on the inner side ot'v the plate e, and thus serve to support the latter and the crank-handle., The guide-way B and brackets i, by which it is atiixed to the block, are cast in one piece.

. Having thus described our invention,

That vive claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The guide-way B and brackets t', cast in one piece, and used as and for the purpose described.

2. The combinationof the guide-way B, roller c', and pitrnan d, when the former is arranged between the stati and pi-tman, and the latter is bent at its npper end, to forman axle for the roller, and a connecting-'bar for the staii, all constructed and arranged as and fo the purpose specified.

3. hel means herein set forth for varying the positions of the crank-handle, so as to suit the convenience of' the operator.A

To theabove specification of ourimprovement, we have set our hands, this 6th day of November, 1869.

JACOB A. HANGER. GEORGE O. HANGER.

'A Witnesses:

HENRY H. HANGER, WM. D. Rennens.l 

